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. >> i wanted to ask you about syria. syria's the fastest growing al qaeda group. and the jordanian foreign minister just told wolf the situation in syria is ripe for al qaeda. is that where the real concern is for you? do you agree with what he says? >> yeah. that's basically right. they can frame it as a, you know, basically a sunni rebel movement against a shiite sort of he retic government which, you know, the assad government would easily fall under that framing and plenty of money of qatar and saudi arabia going to some rebels who sort of legitimate and some more of a jihadist bent and you can't -- they're over 800 sort of opposition military armed movements in syria and hard to discriminate -- >> the u.s. big concern. >> yeah. so, you know, it's in the middle of the middle east. we saw during the iraq civil war, attractive for foreign fighters. think i we'll begin seeing not just people from iraq but from other people in the middle east coming in to fight against this -- the government they deem heretic. >> you were there in aspen, colorado. he thought hopef
. >> i wanted to ask you about syria. syria's the fastest growing al qaeda group. and the jordanian foreign minister just told wolf the situation in syria is ripe for al qaeda. is that where the real concern is for you? do you agree with what he says? >> yeah. that's basically right. they can frame it as a, you know, basically a sunni rebel movement against a shiite sort of he retic government which, you know, the assad government would easily fall under that framing and plenty of...
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this as one official in the obama administration tells cnn there are, quote, worrying signs syria may be considering the use of such weapons against rebels. >>> the partisan divide over susan rice's potential nomination to become secretary of state is intensifying now. democrats are still defending the comments rice made in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the u.s. consulate in ben gas day. but new hampshire's republican senator kelly ayotte insists rice knew more than she was letting on. >> she did. that information she had reviewed before going on the sunday shows, went on the sunday shows, went well beyond the talking points. >> what we should be focused on is not so much what was said about which talking points but how did the tragedy where four americans were kimmed in benghazi happen? >> senator mark warner says republicans and democrats should stop fighting and focus on making sure state department employees around the world are properly protected. >>> a high ranking leader of al qaeda in iraq has been arrested in northern baghdad. two senior security officials would only r
this as one official in the obama administration tells cnn there are, quote, worrying signs syria may be considering the use of such weapons against rebels. >>> the partisan divide over susan rice's potential nomination to become secretary of state is intensifying now. democrats are still defending the comments rice made in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the u.s. consulate in ben gas day. but new hampshire's republican senator kelly ayotte insists rice knew more than she was...
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gee we're getting breaks news on syria. straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, for new details here as we're talking about, you know, potential chemical weaponry. now not only talking about it, not only existing in syria, but the fact you're hearing from a u.s. official it is being nixed. tell me what you know. >> now we know what is going on. over the weekend, the u.s. got intelligence that syrian forces were beginning to start mixing chemical agents. essentially putting two chemicals together that would allow them to make deadly sarin gas. this is extremely serious news regarding the war in syria because until now there has not been that mixing together, the next step would be to put that deadly sarin into artillery shells. the u.s. believes, brooke, that the assad regime is looking at the possibility of some kind of limited chemical artillery strike on its own people, on rebel forces. officials tell us they hasten to add they don't believe assad -- bashar al assad has made the final decision to go ahead w
gee we're getting breaks news on syria. straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, for new details here as we're talking about, you know, potential chemical weaponry. now not only talking about it, not only existing in syria, but the fact you're hearing from a u.s. official it is being nixed. tell me what you know. >> now we know what is going on. over the weekend, the u.s. got intelligence that syrian forces were beginning to start mixing chemical agents. essentially putting...
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. >>> to syria now and heightened concerns of the chemical weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton is in prague today and she issued this warning. >> we have made our views very clear. this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur. >> sir why's foreign ministry issued a statement on syrian tv saying they would not use chemical weapons against syrian people. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr live in new york with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how much faith can we put in the syrian government spokesperson and suggestsiing tt the people of syria are safe from chemical weapons. >> there is a new wrinkle here. in the last couple of days u.s. intelligence has got information that the syrian regime is moving its chemical weapons around. that basically, it looks
. >>> to syria now and heightened concerns of the chemical weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton is in prague today and she issued this warning. >> we have made our views very clear. this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that...
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>> syria's not looking good right now. north korea says it's going to launch a long range ballistic missile. it's a beautiful holiday season here in new york but 800 million people around the world don't have clean drinking water and a lot of military people will tell you that's the one issue where peace on earth would be helped. more clean drinking water. sanitation for those people around the world. >> a lot of issues sort of percolating around the globe as we head to the end of the year. we've been really focused today on the fiscal cliff. syria another big story we're following as well. >> i know you got a tour coming up in l.a. not in new york. what's that about? >> i'm starting small in l.a. it's called the kamau uprising. bring a friend of a different race you get in two for one. >> oh, i love that. that's very nice. nan, what you got for us? >> i listen to kamau and barbara talk about the opportunities we have for harmony and for bettering our world. we have a lot of challenges around the world. and people all over
>> syria's not looking good right now. north korea says it's going to launch a long range ballistic missile. it's a beautiful holiday season here in new york but 800 million people around the world don't have clean drinking water and a lot of military people will tell you that's the one issue where peace on earth would be helped. more clean drinking water. sanitation for those people around the world. >> a lot of issues sort of percolating around the globe as we head to the end of...